Evidence for a major change in silicon cycling in the subarctic North Pacific at 2.73 Ma

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Reynolds, B C ^a   Frank, M ^b   Halliday, A N ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEEP WATER; GLACIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SILICON; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBARCTIC REGION; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 62149132157     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001563     Document Type: Article

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